CVE-2015-7548

Description

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Category

3.5
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.32%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory openstack.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80176 third party advisory vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0018.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-001.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7548?
CVE-2015-7548 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-7548?
To fix CVE-2015-7548, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-7548 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-7548 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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